= Commands == Normal commands .Quick reference [options="header",width="75%",cols="25%,75%"] |============== |Command|Description |<<adblock-update,adblock-update>>|Update the adblock block lists. |<<back,back>>|Go back in the history of the current tab. |<<bind,bind>>|Bind a key to a command. |<<bookmark-add,bookmark-add>>|Save the current page as a bookmark. |<<bookmark-del,bookmark-del>>|Delete a bookmark. |<<bookmark-load,bookmark-load>>|Load a bookmark. |<<close,close>>|Close the current window. |<<download,download>>|Download a given URL, or current page if no URL given. |<<download-cancel,download-cancel>>|Cancel the last/[count]th download. |<<download-clear,download-clear>>|Remove all finished downloads from the list. |<<download-delete,download-delete>>|Delete the last/[count]th download from disk. |<<download-open,download-open>>|Open the last/[count]th download. |<<download-remove,download-remove>>|Remove the last/[count]th download from the list. |<<download-retry,download-retry>>|Retry the first failed/[count]th download. |<<fake-key,fake-key>>|Send a fake keypress or key string to the website or qutebrowser. |<<forward,forward>>|Go forward in the history of the current tab. |<<fullscreen,fullscreen>>|Toggle fullscreen mode. |<<help,help>>|Show help about a command or setting. |<<hint,hint>>|Start hinting. |<<home,home>>|Open main startpage in current tab. |<<inspector,inspector>>|Toggle the web inspector. |<<jseval,jseval>>|Evaluate a JavaScript string. |<<later,later>>|Execute a command after some time. |<<navigate,navigate>>|Open typical prev/next links or navigate using the URL path. |<<open,open>>|Open a URL in the current/[count]th tab. |<<paste,paste>>|Open a page from the clipboard. |<<print,print>>|Print the current/[count]th tab. |<<quickmark-add,quickmark-add>>|Add a new quickmark. |<<quickmark-del,quickmark-del>>|Delete a quickmark. |<<quickmark-load,quickmark-load>>|Load a quickmark. |<<quickmark-save,quickmark-save>>|Save the current page as a quickmark. |<<quit,quit>>|Quit qutebrowser. |<<reload,reload>>|Reload the current/[count]th tab. |<<repeat,repeat>>|Repeat a given command. |<<report,report>>|Report a bug in qutebrowser. |<<restart,restart>>|Restart qutebrowser while keeping existing tabs open. |<<save,save>>|Save configs and state. |<<search,search>>|Search for a text on the current page. With no text, clear results. |<<session-delete,session-delete>>|Delete a session. |<<session-load,session-load>>|Load a session. |<<session-save,session-save>>|Save a session. |<<set,set>>|Set an option. |<<set-cmd-text,set-cmd-text>>|Preset the statusbar to some text. |<<spawn,spawn>>|Spawn a command in a shell. |<<stop,stop>>|Stop loading in the current/[count]th tab. |<<tab-clone,tab-clone>>|Duplicate the current tab. |<<tab-close,tab-close>>|Close the current/[count]th tab. |<<tab-detach,tab-detach>>|Detach the current tab to its own window. |<<tab-focus,tab-focus>>|Select the tab given as argument/[count]. |<<tab-move,tab-move>>|Move the current tab. |<<tab-next,tab-next>>|Switch to the next tab, or switch [count] tabs forward. |<<tab-only,tab-only>>|Close all tabs except for the current one. |<<tab-prev,tab-prev>>|Switch to the previous tab, or switch [count] tabs back. |<<unbind,unbind>>|Unbind a keychain. |<<undo,undo>>|Re-open a closed tab (optionally skipping [count] closed tabs). |<<view-source,view-source>>|Show the source of the current page. |<<wq,wq>>|Save open pages and quit. |<<yank,yank>>|Yank the current URL/title to the clipboard or primary selection. |<<yank-selected,yank-selected>>|Yank the selected text to the clipboard or primary selection. |<<zoom,zoom>>|Set the zoom level for the current tab. |<<zoom-in,zoom-in>>|Increase the zoom level for the current tab. |<<zoom-out,zoom-out>>|Decrease the zoom level for the current tab. |============== [[adblock-update]] === adblock-update Update the adblock block lists. [[back]] === back Syntax: +:back [*--tab*] [*--bg*] [*--window*]+ Go back in the history of the current tab. ==== optional arguments * +*-t*+, +*--tab*+: Go back in a new tab. * +*-b*+, +*--bg*+: Go back in a background tab. * +*-w*+, +*--window*+: Go back in a new window. ==== count How many pages to go back. [[bind]] === bind Syntax: +:bind [*--mode* 'MODE'] [*--force*] 'key' 'command'+ Bind a key to a command. ==== positional arguments * +'key'+: The keychain or special key (inside `<...>`) to bind. * +'command'+: The command to execute, with optional args. ==== optional arguments * +*-m*+, +*--mode*+: A comma-separated list of modes to bind the key in (default: `normal`). * +*-f*+, +*--force*+: Rebind the key if it is already bound. ==== note * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally. * With this command, +;;+ is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command. [[bookmark-add]] === bookmark-add Save the current page as a bookmark. [[bookmark-del]] === bookmark-del Syntax: +:bookmark-del 'url'+ Delete a bookmark. ==== positional arguments * +'url'+: The URL of the bookmark to delete. ==== note * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally. * With this command, +;;+ is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command. [[bookmark-load]] === bookmark-load Syntax: +:bookmark-load [*--tab*] [*--bg*] [*--window*] 'url'+ Load a bookmark. ==== positional arguments * +'url'+: The url of the bookmark to load. ==== optional arguments * +*-t*+, +*--tab*+: Load the bookmark in a new tab. * +*-b*+, +*--bg*+: Load the bookmark in a new background tab. * +*-w*+, +*--window*+: Load the bookmark in a new window. ==== note * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally. * With this command, +;;+ is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command. [[close]] === close Close the current window. [[download]] === download Syntax: +:download [*--mhtml*] [*--dest* 'DEST'] ['url'] ['dest-old']+ Download a given URL, or current page if no URL given. The form `:download [url] [dest]` is deprecated, use `:download --dest [dest] [url]` instead. ==== positional arguments * +'url'+: The URL to download. If not given, download the current page. ==== optional arguments * +*-m*+, +*--mhtml*+: Download the current page and all assets as mhtml file. * +*-d*+, +*--dest*+: The file path to write the download to, or not given to ask. [[download-cancel]] === download-cancel Cancel the last/[count]th download. ==== count The index of the download to cancel. [[download-clear]] === download-clear Remove all finished downloads from the list. [[download-delete]] === download-delete Delete the last/[count]th download from disk. ==== count The index of the download to cancel. [[download-open]] === download-open Open the last/[count]th download. ==== count The index of the download to cancel. [[download-remove]] === download-remove Syntax: +:download-remove [*--all*]+ Remove the last/[count]th download from the list. ==== optional arguments * +*-a*+, +*--all*+: Deprecated argument for removing all finished downloads. ==== count The index of the download to cancel. [[download-retry]] === download-retry Retry the first failed/[count]th download. ==== count The index of the download to cancel. [[fake-key]] === fake-key Syntax: +:fake-key [*--global*] 'keystring'+ Send a fake keypress or key string to the website or qutebrowser. :fake-key xy - sends the keychain 'xy' :fake-key <Ctrl-x> - sends Ctrl-x :fake-key <Escape> - sends the escape key ==== positional arguments * +'keystring'+: The keystring to send. ==== optional arguments * +*-g*+, +*--global*+: If given, the keys are sent to the qutebrowser UI. [[forward]] === forward Syntax: +:forward [*--tab*] [*--bg*] [*--window*]+ Go forward in the history of the current tab. ==== optional arguments * +*-t*+, +*--tab*+: Go forward in a new tab. * +*-b*+, +*--bg*+: Go forward in a background tab. * +*-w*+, +*--window*+: Go forward in a new window. ==== count How many pages to go forward. [[fullscreen]] === fullscreen Toggle fullscreen mode. [[help]] === help Syntax: +:help [*--tab*] [*--bg*] [*--window*] ['topic']+ Show help about a command or setting. ==== positional arguments * +'topic'+: The topic to show help for. - :__command__ for commands. - __section__\->__option__ for settings. ==== optional arguments * +*-t*+, +*--tab*+: Open in a new tab. * +*-b*+, +*--bg*+: Open in a background tab. * +*-w*+, +*--window*+: Open in a new window. [[hint]] === hint Syntax: +:hint [*--rapid*] ['group'] ['target'] ['args' ['args' ...]]+ Start hinting. ==== positional arguments * +'group'+: The hinting mode to use. - `all`: All clickable elements. - `links`: Only links. - `images`: Only images. * +'target'+: What to do with the selected element. - `normal`: Open the link in the current tab. - `tab`: Open the link in a new tab (honoring the background-tabs setting). - `tab-fg`: Open the link in a new foreground tab. - `tab-bg`: Open the link in a new background tab. - `window`: Open the link in a new window. - `hover` : Hover over the link. - `yank`: Yank the link to the clipboard. - `yank-primary`: Yank the link to the primary selection. - `run`: Run the argument as command. - `fill`: Fill the commandline with the command given as argument. - `download`: Download the link. - `userscript`: Call a userscript with `$QUTE_URL` set to the link. - `spawn`: Spawn a command. * +'args'+: Arguments for spawn/userscript/run/fill. - With `spawn`: The executable and arguments to spawn. `{hint-url}` will get replaced by the selected URL. - With `userscript`: The userscript to execute. Either store the userscript in `~/.local/share/qutebrowser/userscripts` (or `$XDG_DATA_DIR`), or use an absolute path. - With `fill`: The command to fill the statusbar with. `{hint-url}` will get replaced by the selected URL. - With `run`: Same as `fill`. ==== optional arguments * +*-r*+, +*--rapid*+: Whether to do rapid hinting. This is only possible with targets `tab` (with background-tabs=true), `tab-bg`, `window`, `run`, `hover`, `userscript` and `spawn`. [[home]] === home Open main startpage in current tab. [[inspector]] === inspector Toggle the web inspector. Note: Due a bug in Qt, the inspector will show incorrect request headers in the network tab. [[jseval]] === jseval Syntax: +:jseval [*--quiet*] 'js-code'+ Evaluate a JavaScript string. ==== positional arguments * +'js-code'+: The string to evaluate. ==== optional arguments * +*-q*+, +*--quiet*+: Don't show resulting JS object. ==== note * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally. * With this command, +;;+ is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command. [[later]] === later Syntax: +:later 'ms' 'command'+ Execute a command after some time. ==== positional arguments * +'ms'+: How many milliseconds to wait. * +'command'+: The command to run, with optional args. ==== note * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally. * With this command, +;;+ is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command. [[navigate]] === navigate Syntax: +:navigate [*--tab*] [*--bg*] [*--window*] 'where'+ Open typical prev/next links or navigate using the URL path. This tries to automatically click on typical _Previous Page_ or _Next Page_ links using some heuristics. Alternatively it can navigate by changing the current URL. ==== positional arguments * +'where'+: What to open. - `prev`: Open a _previous_ link. - `next`: Open a _next_ link. - `up`: Go up a level in the current URL. - `increment`: Increment the last number in the URL. - `decrement`: Decrement the last number in the URL. ==== optional arguments * +*-t*+, +*--tab*+: Open in a new tab. * +*-b*+, +*--bg*+: Open in a background tab. * +*-w*+, +*--window*+: Open in a new window. [[open]] === open Syntax: +:open [*--bg*] [*--tab*] [*--window*] ['url']+ Open a URL in the current/[count]th tab. ==== positional arguments * +'url'+: The URL to open. ==== optional arguments * +*-b*+, +*--bg*+: Open in a new background tab. * +*-t*+, +*--tab*+: Open in a new tab. * +*-w*+, +*--window*+: Open in a new window. ==== count The tab index to open the URL in. ==== note * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally. * With this command, +;;+ is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command. [[paste]] === paste Syntax: +:paste [*--sel*] [*--tab*] [*--bg*] [*--window*]+ Open a page from the clipboard. If the pasted text contains newlines, each line gets opened in its own tab. ==== optional arguments * +*-s*+, +*--sel*+: Use the primary selection instead of the clipboard. * +*-t*+, +*--tab*+: Open in a new tab. * +*-b*+, +*--bg*+: Open in a background tab. * +*-w*+, +*--window*+: Open in new window. [[print]] === print Syntax: +:print [*--preview*]+ Print the current/[count]th tab. ==== optional arguments * +*-p*+, +*--preview*+: Show preview instead of printing. ==== count The tab index to print. [[quickmark-add]] === quickmark-add Syntax: +:quickmark-add 'url' 'name'+ Add a new quickmark. ==== positional arguments * +'url'+: The url to add as quickmark. * +'name'+: The name for the new quickmark. [[quickmark-del]] === quickmark-del Syntax: +:quickmark-del 'name'+ Delete a quickmark. ==== positional arguments * +'name'+: The name of the quickmark to delete. ==== note * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally. * With this command, +;;+ is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command. [[quickmark-load]] === quickmark-load Syntax: +:quickmark-load [*--tab*] [*--bg*] [*--window*] 'name'+ Load a quickmark. ==== positional arguments * +'name'+: The name of the quickmark to load. ==== optional arguments * +*-t*+, +*--tab*+: Load the quickmark in a new tab. * +*-b*+, +*--bg*+: Load the quickmark in a new background tab. * +*-w*+, +*--window*+: Load the quickmark in a new window. ==== note * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally. * With this command, +;;+ is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command. [[quickmark-save]] === quickmark-save Save the current page as a quickmark. [[quit]] === quit Quit qutebrowser. [[reload]] === reload Syntax: +:reload [*--force*]+ Reload the current/[count]th tab. ==== optional arguments * +*-f*+, +*--force*+: Bypass the page cache. ==== count The tab index to reload. [[repeat]] === repeat Syntax: +:repeat 'times' 'command'+ Repeat a given command. ==== positional arguments * +'times'+: How many times to repeat. * +'command'+: The command to run, with optional args. ==== note * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally. * With this command, +;;+ is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command. [[report]] === report Report a bug in qutebrowser. [[restart]] === restart Restart qutebrowser while keeping existing tabs open. [[save]] === save Syntax: +:save ['what' ['what' ...]]+ Save configs and state. ==== positional arguments * +'what'+: What to save (`config`/`key-config`/`cookies`/...). If not given, everything is saved. [[search]] === search Syntax: +:search [*--reverse*] ['text']+ Search for a text on the current page. With no text, clear results. ==== positional arguments * +'text'+: The text to search for. ==== optional arguments * +*-r*+, +*--reverse*+: Reverse search direction. ==== note * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally. * With this command, +;;+ is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command. [[session-delete]] === session-delete Syntax: +:session-delete [*--force*] 'name'+ Delete a session. ==== positional arguments * +'name'+: The name of the session. ==== optional arguments * +*-f*+, +*--force*+: Force deleting internal sessions (starting with an underline). [[session-load]] === session-load Syntax: +:session-load [*--clear*] [*--temp*] [*--force*] 'name'+ Load a session. ==== positional arguments * +'name'+: The name of the session. ==== optional arguments * +*-c*+, +*--clear*+: Close all existing windows. * +*-t*+, +*--temp*+: Don't set the current session for :session-save. * +*-f*+, +*--force*+: Force loading internal sessions (starting with an underline). [[session-save]] === session-save Syntax: +:session-save [*--current*] [*--quiet*] [*--force*] ['name']+ Save a session. ==== positional arguments * +'name'+: The name of the session. If not given, the session configured in general -> session-default-name is saved. ==== optional arguments * +*-c*+, +*--current*+: Save the current session instead of the default. * +*-q*+, +*--quiet*+: Don't show confirmation message. * +*-f*+, +*--force*+: Force saving internal sessions (starting with an underline). [[set]] === set Syntax: +:set [*--temp*] [*--print*] ['section'] ['option'] ['value']+ Set an option. If the option name ends with '?', the value of the option is shown instead. If the option name ends with '!' and it is a boolean value, toggle it. ==== positional arguments * +'section'+: The section where the option is in. * +'option'+: The name of the option. * +'value'+: The value to set. ==== optional arguments * +*-t*+, +*--temp*+: Set value temporarily. * +*-p*+, +*--print*+: Print the value after setting. [[set-cmd-text]] === set-cmd-text Syntax: +:set-cmd-text [*--space*] [*--append*] 'text'+ Preset the statusbar to some text. ==== positional arguments * +'text'+: The commandline to set. ==== optional arguments * +*-s*+, +*--space*+: If given, a space is added to the end. * +*-a*+, +*--append*+: If given, the text is appended to the current text. ==== note * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally. * With this command, +;;+ is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command. [[spawn]] === spawn Syntax: +:spawn [*--userscript*] [*--verbose*] [*--detach*] 'cmdline'+ Spawn a command in a shell. Note the {url} variable which gets replaced by the current URL might be useful here. ==== positional arguments * +'cmdline'+: The commandline to execute. ==== optional arguments * +*-u*+, +*--userscript*+: Run the command as a userscript. Either store the userscript in `~/.local/share/qutebrowser/userscripts` (or `$XDG_DATA_DIR`), or use an absolute path. * +*-v*+, +*--verbose*+: Show notifications when the command started/exited. * +*-d*+, +*--detach*+: Whether the command should be detached from qutebrowser. ==== note * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally. * With this command, +;;+ is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command. [[stop]] === stop Stop loading in the current/[count]th tab. ==== count The tab index to stop. [[tab-clone]] === tab-clone Syntax: +:tab-clone [*--bg*] [*--window*]+ Duplicate the current tab. ==== optional arguments * +*-b*+, +*--bg*+: Open in a background tab. * +*-w*+, +*--window*+: Open in a new window. [[tab-close]] === tab-close Syntax: +:tab-close [*--left*] [*--right*] [*--opposite*]+ Close the current/[count]th tab. ==== optional arguments * +*-l*+, +*--left*+: Force selecting the tab to the left of the current tab. * +*-r*+, +*--right*+: Force selecting the tab to the right of the current tab. * +*-o*+, +*--opposite*+: Force selecting the tab in the opposite direction of what's configured in 'tabs->select-on-remove'. ==== count The tab index to close [[tab-detach]] === tab-detach Detach the current tab to its own window. [[tab-focus]] === tab-focus Syntax: +:tab-focus ['index']+ Select the tab given as argument/[count]. If neither count nor index are given, it behaves like tab-next. ==== positional arguments * +'index'+: The tab index to focus, starting with 1. The special value `last` focuses the last focused tab. ==== count The tab index to focus, starting with 1. [[tab-move]] === tab-move Syntax: +:tab-move ['direction']+ Move the current tab. ==== positional arguments * +'direction'+: `+` or `-` for relative moving, not given for absolute moving. ==== count If moving absolutely: New position (default: 0) If moving relatively: Offset. [[tab-next]] === tab-next Switch to the next tab, or switch [count] tabs forward. ==== count How many tabs to switch forward. [[tab-only]] === tab-only Syntax: +:tab-only [*--left*] [*--right*]+ Close all tabs except for the current one. ==== optional arguments * +*-l*+, +*--left*+: Keep tabs to the left of the current. * +*-r*+, +*--right*+: Keep tabs to the right of the current. [[tab-prev]] === tab-prev Switch to the previous tab, or switch [count] tabs back. ==== count How many tabs to switch back. [[unbind]] === unbind Syntax: +:unbind 'key' ['mode']+ Unbind a keychain. ==== positional arguments * +'key'+: The keychain or special key (inside <...>) to unbind. * +'mode'+: A comma-separated list of modes to unbind the key in (default: `normal`). [[undo]] === undo Re-open a closed tab (optionally skipping [count] closed tabs). [[view-source]] === view-source Show the source of the current page. [[wq]] === wq Syntax: +:wq ['name']+ Save open pages and quit. ==== positional arguments * +'name'+: The name of the session. [[yank]] === yank Syntax: +:yank [*--title*] [*--sel*] [*--domain*]+ Yank the current URL/title to the clipboard or primary selection. ==== optional arguments * +*-t*+, +*--title*+: Yank the title instead of the URL. * +*-s*+, +*--sel*+: Use the primary selection instead of the clipboard. * +*-d*+, +*--domain*+: Yank only the scheme, domain, and port number. [[yank-selected]] === yank-selected Syntax: +:yank-selected [*--sel*] [*--keep*]+ Yank the selected text to the clipboard or primary selection. ==== optional arguments * +*-s*+, +*--sel*+: Use the primary selection instead of the clipboard. * +*-k*+, +*--keep*+: If given, stay in visual mode after yanking. [[zoom]] === zoom Syntax: +:zoom ['zoom']+ Set the zoom level for the current tab. The zoom can be given as argument or as [count]. If neither of both is given, the zoom is set to the default zoom. ==== positional arguments * +'zoom'+: The zoom percentage to set. ==== count The zoom percentage to set. [[zoom-in]] === zoom-in Increase the zoom level for the current tab. ==== count How many steps to zoom in. [[zoom-out]] === zoom-out Decrease the zoom level for the current tab. ==== count How many steps to zoom out. == Hidden commands .Quick reference [options="header",width="75%",cols="25%,75%"] |============== |Command|Description |<<clear-keychain,clear-keychain>>|Clear the currently entered key chain. |<<command-accept,command-accept>>|Execute the command currently in the commandline. |<<command-history-next,command-history-next>>|Go forward in the commandline history. |<<command-history-prev,command-history-prev>>|Go back in the commandline history. |<<completion-item-del,completion-item-del>>|Delete the current completion item. |<<completion-item-next,completion-item-next>>|Select the next completion item. |<<completion-item-prev,completion-item-prev>>|Select the previous completion item. |<<drop-selection,drop-selection>>|Drop selection and keep selection mode enabled. |<<enter-mode,enter-mode>>|Enter a key mode. |<<follow-hint,follow-hint>>|Follow a hint. |<<follow-selected,follow-selected>>|Follow the selected text. |<<leave-mode,leave-mode>>|Leave the mode we're currently in. |<<message-error,message-error>>|Show an error message in the statusbar. |<<message-info,message-info>>|Show an info message in the statusbar. |<<message-warning,message-warning>>|Show a warning message in the statusbar. |<<move-to-end-of-document,move-to-end-of-document>>|Move the cursor or selection to the end of the document. |<<move-to-end-of-line,move-to-end-of-line>>|Move the cursor or selection to the end of line. |<<move-to-end-of-next-block,move-to-end-of-next-block>>|Move the cursor or selection to the end of next block. |<<move-to-end-of-prev-block,move-to-end-of-prev-block>>|Move the cursor or selection to the end of previous block. |<<move-to-end-of-word,move-to-end-of-word>>|Move the cursor or selection to the end of the word. |<<move-to-next-char,move-to-next-char>>|Move the cursor or selection to the next char. |<<move-to-next-line,move-to-next-line>>|Move the cursor or selection to the next line. |<<move-to-next-word,move-to-next-word>>|Move the cursor or selection to the next word. |<<move-to-prev-char,move-to-prev-char>>|Move the cursor or selection to the previous char. |<<move-to-prev-line,move-to-prev-line>>|Move the cursor or selection to the prev line. |<<move-to-prev-word,move-to-prev-word>>|Move the cursor or selection to the previous word. |<<move-to-start-of-document,move-to-start-of-document>>|Move the cursor or selection to the start of the document. |<<move-to-start-of-line,move-to-start-of-line>>|Move the cursor or selection to the start of the line. |<<move-to-start-of-next-block,move-to-start-of-next-block>>|Move the cursor or selection to the start of next block. |<<move-to-start-of-prev-block,move-to-start-of-prev-block>>|Move the cursor or selection to the start of previous block. |<<open-editor,open-editor>>|Open an external editor with the currently selected form field. |<<prompt-accept,prompt-accept>>|Accept the current prompt. |<<prompt-no,prompt-no>>|Answer no to a yes/no prompt. |<<prompt-yes,prompt-yes>>|Answer yes to a yes/no prompt. |<<rl-backward-char,rl-backward-char>>|Move back a character. |<<rl-backward-delete-char,rl-backward-delete-char>>|Delete the character before the cursor. |<<rl-backward-word,rl-backward-word>>|Move back to the start of the current or previous word. |<<rl-beginning-of-line,rl-beginning-of-line>>|Move to the start of the line. |<<rl-delete-char,rl-delete-char>>|Delete the character after the cursor. |<<rl-end-of-line,rl-end-of-line>>|Move to the end of the line. |<<rl-forward-char,rl-forward-char>>|Move forward a character. |<<rl-forward-word,rl-forward-word>>|Move forward to the end of the next word. |<<rl-kill-line,rl-kill-line>>|Remove chars from the cursor to the end of the line. |<<rl-kill-word,rl-kill-word>>|Remove chars from the cursor to the end of the current word. |<<rl-unix-line-discard,rl-unix-line-discard>>|Remove chars backward from the cursor to the beginning of the line. |<<rl-unix-word-rubout,rl-unix-word-rubout>>|Remove chars from the cursor to the beginning of the word. |<<rl-yank,rl-yank>>|Paste the most recently deleted text. |<<scroll,scroll>>|Scroll the current tab in the given direction. |<<scroll-page,scroll-page>>|Scroll the frame page-wise. |<<scroll-perc,scroll-perc>>|Scroll to a specific percentage of the page. |<<scroll-px,scroll-px>>|Scroll the current tab by 'count * dx/dy' pixels. |<<search-next,search-next>>|Continue the search to the ([count]th) next term. |<<search-prev,search-prev>>|Continue the search to the ([count]th) previous term. |<<toggle-selection,toggle-selection>>|Toggle caret selection mode. |============== [[clear-keychain]] === clear-keychain Clear the currently entered key chain. [[command-accept]] === command-accept Execute the command currently in the commandline. [[command-history-next]] === command-history-next Go forward in the commandline history. [[command-history-prev]] === command-history-prev Go back in the commandline history. [[completion-item-del]] === completion-item-del Delete the current completion item. [[completion-item-next]] === completion-item-next Select the next completion item. [[completion-item-prev]] === completion-item-prev Select the previous completion item. [[drop-selection]] === drop-selection Drop selection and keep selection mode enabled. [[enter-mode]] === enter-mode Syntax: +:enter-mode 'mode'+ Enter a key mode. ==== positional arguments * +'mode'+: The mode to enter. [[follow-hint]] === follow-hint Syntax: +:follow-hint ['keystring']+ Follow a hint. ==== positional arguments * +'keystring'+: The hint to follow. [[follow-selected]] === follow-selected Syntax: +:follow-selected [*--tab*]+ Follow the selected text. ==== optional arguments * +*-t*+, +*--tab*+: Load the selected link in a new tab. [[leave-mode]] === leave-mode Leave the mode we're currently in. [[message-error]] === message-error Syntax: +:message-error 'text'+ Show an error message in the statusbar. ==== positional arguments * +'text'+: The text to show. [[message-info]] === message-info Syntax: +:message-info 'text'+ Show an info message in the statusbar. ==== positional arguments * +'text'+: The text to show. [[message-warning]] === message-warning Syntax: +:message-warning 'text'+ Show a warning message in the statusbar. ==== positional arguments * +'text'+: The text to show. [[move-to-end-of-document]] === move-to-end-of-document Move the cursor or selection to the end of the document. [[move-to-end-of-line]] === move-to-end-of-line Move the cursor or selection to the end of line. [[move-to-end-of-next-block]] === move-to-end-of-next-block Move the cursor or selection to the end of next block. ==== count How many blocks to move. [[move-to-end-of-prev-block]] === move-to-end-of-prev-block Move the cursor or selection to the end of previous block. ==== count How many blocks to move. [[move-to-end-of-word]] === move-to-end-of-word Move the cursor or selection to the end of the word. ==== count How many words to move. [[move-to-next-char]] === move-to-next-char Move the cursor or selection to the next char. ==== count How many lines to move. [[move-to-next-line]] === move-to-next-line Move the cursor or selection to the next line. ==== count How many lines to move. [[move-to-next-word]] === move-to-next-word Move the cursor or selection to the next word. ==== count How many words to move. [[move-to-prev-char]] === move-to-prev-char Move the cursor or selection to the previous char. ==== count How many chars to move. [[move-to-prev-line]] === move-to-prev-line Move the cursor or selection to the prev line. ==== count How many lines to move. [[move-to-prev-word]] === move-to-prev-word Move the cursor or selection to the previous word. ==== count How many words to move. [[move-to-start-of-document]] === move-to-start-of-document Move the cursor or selection to the start of the document. [[move-to-start-of-line]] === move-to-start-of-line Move the cursor or selection to the start of the line. [[move-to-start-of-next-block]] === move-to-start-of-next-block Move the cursor or selection to the start of next block. ==== count How many blocks to move. [[move-to-start-of-prev-block]] === move-to-start-of-prev-block Move the cursor or selection to the start of previous block. ==== count How many blocks to move. [[open-editor]] === open-editor Open an external editor with the currently selected form field. The editor which should be launched can be configured via the `general -> editor` config option. [[prompt-accept]] === prompt-accept Accept the current prompt. [[prompt-no]] === prompt-no Answer no to a yes/no prompt. [[prompt-yes]] === prompt-yes Answer yes to a yes/no prompt. [[rl-backward-char]] === rl-backward-char Move back a character. This acts like readline's backward-char. [[rl-backward-delete-char]] === rl-backward-delete-char Delete the character before the cursor. This acts like readline's backward-delete-char. [[rl-backward-word]] === rl-backward-word Move back to the start of the current or previous word. This acts like readline's backward-word. [[rl-beginning-of-line]] === rl-beginning-of-line Move to the start of the line. This acts like readline's beginning-of-line. [[rl-delete-char]] === rl-delete-char Delete the character after the cursor. This acts like readline's delete-char. [[rl-end-of-line]] === rl-end-of-line Move to the end of the line. This acts like readline's end-of-line. [[rl-forward-char]] === rl-forward-char Move forward a character. This acts like readline's forward-char. [[rl-forward-word]] === rl-forward-word Move forward to the end of the next word. This acts like readline's forward-word. [[rl-kill-line]] === rl-kill-line Remove chars from the cursor to the end of the line. This acts like readline's kill-line. [[rl-kill-word]] === rl-kill-word Remove chars from the cursor to the end of the current word. This acts like readline's kill-word. [[rl-unix-line-discard]] === rl-unix-line-discard Remove chars backward from the cursor to the beginning of the line. This acts like readline's unix-line-discard. [[rl-unix-word-rubout]] === rl-unix-word-rubout Remove chars from the cursor to the beginning of the word. This acts like readline's unix-word-rubout. [[rl-yank]] === rl-yank Paste the most recently deleted text. This acts like readline's yank. [[scroll]] === scroll Syntax: +:scroll 'direction'+ Scroll the current tab in the given direction. ==== positional arguments * +'direction'+: In which direction to scroll (up/down/left/right/top/bottom). ==== count multiplier [[scroll-page]] === scroll-page Syntax: +:scroll-page [*--top-navigate* 'ACTION'] [*--bottom-navigate* 'ACTION'] 'x' 'y'+ Scroll the frame page-wise. ==== positional arguments * +'x'+: How many pages to scroll to the right. * +'y'+: How many pages to scroll down. ==== optional arguments * +*-t*+, +*--top-navigate*+: :navigate action (prev, decrement) to run when scrolling up at the top of the page. * +*-b*+, +*--bottom-navigate*+: :navigate action (next, increment) to run when scrolling down at the bottom of the page. ==== count multiplier [[scroll-perc]] === scroll-perc Syntax: +:scroll-perc [*--horizontal*] ['perc']+ Scroll to a specific percentage of the page. The percentage can be given either as argument or as count. If no percentage is given, the page is scrolled to the end. ==== positional arguments * +'perc'+: Percentage to scroll. ==== optional arguments * +*-x*+, +*--horizontal*+: Scroll horizontally instead of vertically. ==== count Percentage to scroll. [[scroll-px]] === scroll-px Syntax: +:scroll-px 'dx' 'dy'+ Scroll the current tab by 'count * dx/dy' pixels. ==== positional arguments * +'dx'+: How much to scroll in x-direction. * +'dy'+: How much to scroll in x-direction. ==== count multiplier [[search-next]] === search-next Continue the search to the ([count]th) next term. ==== count How many elements to ignore. [[search-prev]] === search-prev Continue the search to the ([count]th) previous term. ==== count How many elements to ignore. [[toggle-selection]] === toggle-selection Toggle caret selection mode. == Debugging commands These commands are mainly intended for debugging. They are hidden if qutebrowser was started without the `--debug`-flag. .Quick reference [options="header",width="75%",cols="25%,75%"] |============== |Command|Description |<<debug-all-objects,debug-all-objects>>|Print a list of all objects to the debug log. |<<debug-cache-stats,debug-cache-stats>>|Print LRU cache stats. |<<debug-clear-ssl-errors,debug-clear-ssl-errors>>|Clear remembered SSL error answers. |<<debug-console,debug-console>>|Show the debugging console. |<<debug-crash,debug-crash>>|Crash for debugging purposes. |<<debug-dump-page,debug-dump-page>>|Dump the current page's content to a file. |<<debug-pyeval,debug-pyeval>>|Evaluate a python string and display the results as a web page. |<<debug-trace,debug-trace>>|Trace executed code via hunter. |<<debug-webaction,debug-webaction>>|Execute a webaction. |============== [[debug-all-objects]] === debug-all-objects Print a list of all objects to the debug log. [[debug-cache-stats]] === debug-cache-stats Print LRU cache stats. [[debug-clear-ssl-errors]] === debug-clear-ssl-errors Clear remembered SSL error answers. [[debug-console]] === debug-console Show the debugging console. [[debug-crash]] === debug-crash Syntax: +:debug-crash ['typ']+ Crash for debugging purposes. ==== positional arguments * +'typ'+: either 'exception' or 'segfault'. [[debug-dump-page]] === debug-dump-page Syntax: +:debug-dump-page [*--plain*] 'dest'+ Dump the current page's content to a file. ==== positional arguments * +'dest'+: Where to write the file to. ==== optional arguments * +*-p*+, +*--plain*+: Write plain text instead of HTML. [[debug-pyeval]] === debug-pyeval Syntax: +:debug-pyeval [*--quiet*] 's'+ Evaluate a python string and display the results as a web page. ==== positional arguments * +'s'+: The string to evaluate. ==== optional arguments * +*-q*+, +*--quiet*+: Don't show the output in a new tab. ==== note * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally. * With this command, +;;+ is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command. [[debug-trace]] === debug-trace Syntax: +:debug-trace ['expr']+ Trace executed code via hunter. ==== positional arguments * +'expr'+: What to trace, passed to hunter. ==== note * This command does not split arguments after the last argument and handles quotes literally. * With this command, +;;+ is interpreted literally instead of splitting off a second command. [[debug-webaction]] === debug-webaction Syntax: +:debug-webaction 'action'+ Execute a webaction. See http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qwebpage.html#WebAction-enum for the available actions. ==== positional arguments * +'action'+: The action to execute, e.g. MoveToNextChar. ==== count How many times to repeat the action.